Author Archives: Carl Larson

Financial/HR Information Library gets a Facelift

Posted January 9, 2009 in Financial Services Technical Support and tagged .

You gave us your feedback and we listened…now the Financial and Human Resources Information Library (FIL/HRIL) WEB application is getting easier to use! New enhancements include: ability to enter a date in a variety of formats (i.e. 1/1/08, 01-01-2008, 010108, … Continue reading →

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Track and Report issues with FBS Web Applications

Posted January 6, 2009 in Financial Services, Financial Services Technical Support and tagged , .

A new page has been added to the FS Web presence that will allow users to know of any issues with FS Web Applications. If known, issues are listed on the new page. If you are experiencing any issue not … Continue reading →

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Improvements to Web Financial Applications – Going Red!!!

Posted December 23, 2008 in Financial Reporting and Accounting, Financial Services, Financial Services Technical Support, Grants and Contracts Accounting and tagged , .

Hyperlinks have been added to Management Reports and other web applications. These hyperlinks on column titles and labels, link to references explaining that particular topic and will help the user understand and use Management Reports as it was designed. How … Continue reading →

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2008 University of Utah Annual Financial Report

Posted December 17, 2008 in Controller, Financial Reporting and Accounting and tagged .

The 2008 University of Utah Annual Financial Report is available on the Controller’s website. Reports for prior years are also available. Printed copies of the 2008 report will be available early in January.

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EBT Queries removed from the HR Information Library

Posted December 17, 2008 in Financial Services Technical Support, Payroll.

A flaw has been found with two EBT queries in the HR Information Library (HRIL), resulting in their removal from the library: EBT by Employee and EBT by Home Dept. We discovered an issue where some transactions were not returned, … Continue reading →

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Copies of General Journal Entries

Posted December 16, 2008 in Financial Reporting and Accounting, Grants and Contracts Accounting and tagged , .

The University continues to invest substantial resources to provide web tools to assist departments in accomplishing their mission. One such tool, implemented some time ago, is the “spyglass” image on the web Management Reports which allows the user to view … Continue reading →

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Tax Rate Changes

Posted December 15, 2008 in Tax Services and tagged .

Effective January 1, 2009, the statewide general sales tax rate will increase .05 percent, affecting rates throughout Utah. Go to https://tax.utah.gov/sales/rates.html to see the new combined rate for all localities. The new Salt Lake City, in Salt Lake County general … Continue reading →

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Many Older Endowments Still Not Invested In Endowment Pool

Posted December 11, 2008 in Endowment & Investment Accounting, Financial Reporting and Accounting.

In 1991, the University created the Endowment Investment Pool (Pool). At that time, the University’s Board to Trustees (Board) required that all subsequently established endowments must be invested in the Pool. For endowments in existence when the Pool was created, … Continue reading →

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Endowment Projections – Q1 FY 2009

Posted December 9, 2008 in Endowment & Investment Accounting, Financial Reporting and Accounting.

The ending quarter endowment pool unit market value for September 30, 2008, is $187.62 per unit. This information is necessary for Method 2 of projecting endowment income and is provided quarterly through FS News. All other factors in the instructions … Continue reading →

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Payment Card (Credit Card) Acceptance Policy – New Policy 3-070

Posted December 9, 2008 in Income Accounting, Payment Card Acceptance/E-Commerce and tagged .

The Board of Trustees has approved a new policy (Policy 3-070) which addresses both internal and external standards as they relate to the acceptance of credit cards for a variety of University services, such as tuition payment and ticket sales. … Continue reading →

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